Paddy Power Stayers’ Hurdle

The name says it all, the Stayer’s Hurdle is the UK’s championship stayer’s hurdle race, featuring the top rated staying hurdlers in National Hunt racing.

2024 Stayers Hurdle Preview

Teahupoo comes into the 2024 Stayers Hurdle as the favourite, with his popularity based on his close 3rd place finish in last year’s Stayer’s Hurdle as well as a recent Grade 1 win at Fairyhouse over 2 miles 4 furlongs.

Crambo is a rapidly improving horse priced not far behind the favourite and heads to Cheltenham on the back of a narrow win in the Grade 1 Long Walk Hurdle at Ascot.

Noble Yeats is a horse who has spent most of his career racing over fences, but has recently switched back to hurdles, winning over 3 miles at Cheltenham in January. He’s never finished outside the top two over hurdles and offers good value at his price.

Race Card

14.03.2024 Soft 13 2m 7f 213y
POS Dist Horse Jockey Trainer
1 st Teahupoo J W Kennedy G Elliott
2 nd 3.75 Flooring Porter K M Donoghue G P Cromwell
3 rd 2.25 Home By The Lee J J Slevin J P O’Brien
4 th 2.25 Buddy One Jack G Gilligan P J Gilligan
5 th 2.5 Sire Du Berlais M P Walsh G Elliott
6 th 1 Asterion Forlonge Mr P W Mullins W P Mullins
7 th 0.5 Noble Yeats H Cobden E Mullins
8 th hd Dashel Drasher Rex Dingle J Scott
9 th 2 Crambo J J Burke F O’Brien
10 th nk Paisley Park Thomas Bellamy Miss E C Lavelle
11 th 15 Janidil J S McGarvey W P Mullins
12 th 11 Sir Gerhard P Townend W P Mullins

Stayers Hurdle Tips

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Indicated odds were updated on 2024-03-29 4:38:04 UTC. Please note that odds are subject to change.

2024 Stayer’s Hurdle Tips & Analysis

Noble Yeats and Teahupoo are the two horses that have attracted strong backing from racing experts for the 2024 Stayer’s Hurdle.

Noble Yeats offers the better value of the two, and if you back him at Boylesports and he comes second to the favourite you’ll get your stake back as a free bet. If you back him at Boylesports you’ll also get paid out an extra place.

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About the Stayers Hurdle

The World Hurdle, recently rebranded as the Stayers’ Hurdle, is the most prestigious 3 mile hurdles race in National Hunt racing. The race is open to 4-year-old and above hurdlers who are required to jump 12 hurdles in the course of the race.

Multiple winners of the Stayers’ Hurdle are considered amongst the greatest racehorses in National Hunt history, and include the likes of Inglis Drever and Big Buck’s. The quality of entries tends to limit the size of the field, with betting usually dominated by one or two outstanding favourites.

A proven record as a staying hurdler is the obvious prerequisite for a win in the Stayers’ Hurdle, with previous wins in Grade 1 staying hurdles races advantageous but not essential. The betting market will usually sort the top candidates according to these criteria, and the antepost favourite will typically have won one or more of the Grade 1 3 mile hurdles races earlier in the season.

In recent years these antepost favourites have had a good success rate, and even when the favourite fails you’ll rarely find a horse priced over 8/1 winning the race. This means you can focus your bets on the cluster of horses priced below 8/1.

And if you’re not keen on the all-or-nothing risk of backing a short odds favourite, you’ll find a couple of handy each-way contenders priced within this margin.

Recent Winners

DateWinnerAgeJockeyTrainer
2023Sire Du Berlais11Mark WalshGordon Elliott
2022Flooring Porter7D.E MullinsGavin Patrick Cromwell
2021Flooring Porter6D.E MullinsGavin Patrick Cromwell
2020Lisnagar Oscar7Adam WedgeRebecca Curtis
2019Paisley Park7Aidan ColemanEmma Lavelle